tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
one's home country; one's homeland
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to collect; to assemble; to gather
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
honorific/polite/humble prefix
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
having no make-up; wearing no make-up; being without make-up
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to be smeared; to be covered
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
your husband; her husband
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
reading partway; leaving half-read
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real